The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-07-09
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neeins ~ TIE want Q enmmea sense
teasteebas The making
III pQlllica slatea Is q very easy matter,
hgs Tie 1cug psopie have way 81
breaking thefl that IS exasperating in
tnr exzemn g khe nnfoftunatas who
fail eea geA sheFeN
Petitions arc being circulated il
Sd ilaadry parish asking the Police
3Hsy a order an alection on ur aboni
Sept Ell submitting 70 the voters 81
iao parish, Sc whole aud not by wards.
ihc question rs to whether the sale
Of Alealioiic liquors shall BE- prohibit
ed 81 lsG
lira. Watson wants Il distinctly I'M
dsrst0aa that hiB Triniag Hcrnld, the.
ASSERTION Of tie Shreveport Gfmss to
the contrary notwithstanding. has not
sligned itself against Tie present State
administration. The Hfrala has not
announced for any particular candidate
bnt will, Bro Watson says, be heard
from n due time.
OpelpHsas gourier. The Joint stock
nompany which was ID build a rice
mill here has dissolved, bnt there Is
somelalk Of another one being formed.
We are assured BY one Of onr leading
business mon that rice mill will soon
be eracted ii 0pelousas, whether done
~ d stock company ornot, This en-
terpFiae viii certainly be a paying one.
Bienyllle Neg IRA: The Caleasieu
river from Lake Charles 10 tile Gulf
isa chain Of lakes linked together BY
channels, varying in depth from thirty
10 sixty feet, running most Of the way
through praifiss and sea marshes,
thousands Of acres Of which are now
beiRgdrained, improved and cultivated
by the GaIcasien Land and Jmmigra-
ton Company, Of which we will speak
at another time.
Robaline Reporter: The agent Of
lie Board Of Directors Of the Sabine
High School Society tells as that be
IS having unparalleled success IN get
ting subscription 10 the stock of sanle.
0nf Of 80 persons called on, 28 have
subscribed literally. Our friends Of
Sabine shonld push this matter, edu-
cate we must, and every dollar spent
in this direction is money loaned at
one hundred per cent.
Sugar Boe1l and Farm Journal
Col WIN. Preston Johnston, Presi.
dent Of pnlane University, and q mum
bsr Of bis Professors, q few days agc
came mp 10 visit Petite Anss salt Is
land. for The purpose Of making 8
pralinainary geological survey Of that
noted spot. We shall look with inter
est for their report, and hope it viii
result N government appropriation
for general geological survey Of tht
State.
ST. Mary Re0ieg From Rayor
Boenf 70 the extreme end of the par
isl, VIC hear Of only the promise d
most bonnlifnl crops There has beer
saEieiency Of rain, and Che heat O
the sun will cause the cane to alm0s
shoot up. 0nr planters aFe getting
IN wood and coal for the grinding
season, fixing mp the machinery AM
preparing generally for a long haul ol
Che crop. May their fondest antieipa
tions be realized.
Plaqaemines Observer IN lss.
The rice section embraced betweeI
Rointe,a-ln- Hache, inclusive and For
St Philip, yielded 10000 barrels 0
rice of 1872 ponads each. AT SO pe
baiFe tie amount gealized was 1920,
000 This year The acreage IN rio
was mRch larger and the stand fine
before NE storm. If half Of the croi
Is lost ~ many believe, and rice sell
this year al $3.50, as indications point
The damage BY The late storm "a,
fairly NJ put down At S5o, 900
Donsililsonvillo 0hig Chafbo
prevails 10 IN alarming exent anon,
Abe mules % number of plantation
ii the parish Of ST. Charles, mud III
disease is said 10 be making its wa
up The river, cases have appeared j
StlJohn. DnC.T. Dngazon's Lon
Star place, 10 ST. Charles; frota tfiirt
tosforty have died and other planter
have sustained Losses almost as setioul
Several veterinary surgeons from Me-
Orleans are At work in ST. Charles an
vigorous efforts are being made 10 pr,
vent ilie spread of the epidemic.
A.eonhict between whites and black
occurred IN Morehonse parish OF lh
9Th nit, 10 which two white me
and SIX negroes were killed. Tt
trorble, it appears, grew out Of ID
arrest Of a negro charged with a erin
inal assault on q white woman, VIII
Nas ID charge of officers Of the law 8
The way b prison when the latter Rer
irsd upon md severely wounded. TIL
prisoner aad with bis friends 10
house 10 Rhieh afteTward be and fiv
others were killed. Il appears tha
A. one liUe serious trouble III the wa,
~ riot was threatened.
Rnaion CafigrapA: Attic sessiol
III lhe Press Convention at LAX
Charles last week, Gen. Leon Jastrem
ski was reelected president Of III
association for The next year. This i
tle fourth time Cen JasGremski Ia
been elected president Of the associa
ton, and the honor be has achieves
has been well merited lie ID thl
most faithful and efficient presiden
the association has ever had. and hi
has dome more TO advance the in
ieresta IF The association and inanm
lts permanent prosperity than any
other half dozen members. His cleo
ton was ~ ananimons vote Oh Cd,
AfaE ballot
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5aloa Rouge, sill lecture d
ni aamperanee and aroal
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